I knew he would be out this year because of Blanche and because the ads started over a year before the election! And they were relentless. I don’t recall any of them mentioning Cotton as a harvard trained lawyer, but there were many that mentioned his military service.

In 2014 we would have crawled over broken glass to vote for him in the Senate. We got a campaign call from Pryor’s campaign asking for our vote. I told him, “We are voting for Cotton, and we’d vote against Pryor no matter what.

I don’t know about the AR 2008 Senate election, but in 2010 we voted against Blanche Lincoln. Got the same call from her campaign, gave the same answer. “We are voting against you.”

In the last several elections we are turning AR from Dem to Repub.

Tom Cotton is a great person for Senator.

The MPAA Leftist faction will get rid of that soon enough, via imposing a 50% tax on blogs, internet forums, and market transactions.

What we have is the majority of the media posing as the objective purveyors of truth. We have alternative media in this country. Fox News and Conservative Talk Radio are two such. The blogosphere is another. The difference is that the MSM claims to be objective when they’re not. Fox claims to be fair and balanced and they try, but tilt right. Rush, Hannity Levin, etal are upfront about their bias. What is needed is to expose the way the MSM does the work of the Dems.

Here’s an article that says it better than I can:
“Today’s media are the envy of every oppressive regime.”
Read more at http://godfatherpolitics.com/20241/duped-brian-williams-apology/#1hrsbJq4sqbhpCXL.99

We can’t win by putting up good people. Not even superhuman people. Not as long as the media can rig the game and manipulate people’s perceptions. We have to destroy the media. I mean destroy literally. America will not be safe as long as the New York Times exists. As long as MSNBC exists. As long as NBC exists.

They tell us a “free press” is vital to democracy. But we don’t have a free press. We have an ideological oligopoly. Until that is smashed, the media are the chief enemy of freedom and democracy in America.

Cotton does appear to have some trial experience (see this). I think he also most definitely has a knack for it.

Heh! You’re such a girl! 🙂

That said – good stuff. He comes across as exactly the type of young leader conservatives need. Let’s watch over the next few years to see what happens…

I think Cotton’s lawyerhood is obvious—but it’s his mode of asking rapid-fire, well-prepared and researched questions, and his calm yet sharp demeanor. The best lawyers have that ability and that mien.

As Eric says “Elements of cross-examination adapted to Senate hearing.”

I’ve heard Cotton regularly on the Hugh Hewitt show and he always sounds impressive.

As for Republicans ever winning the Presidency again, well that’s problematic. I do think that the left has successfully changed our institutions and the general voting public. At the Presidential level that represents a large wall to get over. On the other hand the large majority of governors and state legislatures are Republican but so far that hasn’t meant anything.

We will see.